Neutron Stars Collide, and the Gravitational Wave Sends Ripples Through Astrophysics
Scientists detected their fifth gravitational wave in August, and announced it today. But keeping the discoveries quiet is getting harder and harder.
The Physics Nobel Goes to the Detection of Ripples in Space and Time
American physicists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the detection of gravitational waves.
The Physics Nobel Goes to the Detection of Ripples in Space and Time
American physicists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the detection of gravitational waves.
Archaeologists Don’t Always Need to Dig—They’ve Got Drones
On the morning of the solar eclipse, archaeologists took a drone into the desert to create fantastic 3-D renderings of a Hohokam village.
AI Research Is in Desperate Need of an Ethical Watchdog
More social scientists are using AI intending to solve society’s ills, but they don’t have clear ethical guidelines to prevent them from accidentally harming people.
The Quest to Perfect the Universal Standard Units for Science
Scientists want the universe—not the shaky human hand—to reset Earthly thermometers and scales.
Quantum Internet Is 13 Years Away. Wait, What’s Quantum Internet?
A Chinese physicist hopes that quantum communications will span multiple countries by 2030. So ... what's it for?
Physicists Capture the Elusive Neutrino Smacking Into an Atom’s Core
By measuring how a nucleus bounces off a neutrino, scientists crack a window into the personality of the shyest particle.
Physicists Try to Revive a Super-Safe, Decades-Old Cancer Treatment
Robert Johnson thinks that a proton-based image, even a blurry one, can guide a cancer treatment known as proton therapy better than a conventional X-ray.
Tiny, Laser-Beaming Satellites Could Communicate With Mars
Radio waves don't have the bandwidth to send enough data from Earth to Mars—but infrared lasers could.